Despite all the disease and blossom drop on the tomato plants, one perfectly ripe tomato makes it all worth it. I harvested the first one on Saturday March 15th and shared with A&K. Sliced with just a few sprinkles of salt and I was in heaven! The flavor I remember from growing tomatoes in NJ those many years ago. Ohhh, the sacrifices we make by living in Alaska. I picked two more tomatoes today (March 23rd). The skin is pretty rough and scarred, but I'm guessing the flesh is still packed with flavor. I then destroyed the plant that these two came from. The other plant (from which I harvested tomato #1 still has four tomatoes, two of which will be harvested very soon.
Meanwhile, I've only harvested 7 total Jalapenos. I was beginning to doubt Andy who calimed they would turn red if you let them hang on the plant long enough. Sure enough I now have two reddening peppers. Will be interesting to compare the hotness of a red and green Jalapeno.
With one tomato plant down, the three remaining plants now have some room to breathe. I'll be placing an order from Territorial Seed Company and the next adventure will soon begin...
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| What a wonderful sight! |
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| Ready for the first cut! |
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| Look at that wonderfully vine-ripened red flesh. This tomato was picked about 40 minutes prior to this. |
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| Yum! |
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| There is enjoyment going on in there! |
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| The two latest tomatoes. Scarred, but I'm sure still quite flavorful. |
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| The four remaining tomatoes. |
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| Red Jalapenos! |
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| The two Jalapeno plants, now with plenty of room to grow. |
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